Elizabeth Tai

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  • Why I’m ditching Obsidian as a task manager

    Sometimes a note-taking app should just remain a note-taking app.

  • Interesting podcast: Multipolarity? Schmultipolarity!

    An interesting debate about imperialism, capitalism and why there’s a move towards a multipolar world. Justin Podur and Sam Gindin discussed this with such civility. We need more grounded debates like this.

  • It’s probably impossible to be neutral about China

    I’m often obsessed about random topics, but none of my pet topics would paint me in a bad light like my current interest in the US-China tensions. It’s pretty disturbing to realise that I will be automatically disliked because I hold a different view of China.

  • Malaysians are multilingual, and that’s a gift

    I was vacationing with a friend on Scotland island, off Sydney, #Australia in this amazing B&B. We were having breakfast at the verandah when the host approached us hesitantly. “I hope I am not offending you if I ask this, but we were curious why you were speaking English after we have left.” My friend…

  • “A Righteous Smokescreen”

    Why do some Americans have such bad geography skills? Why do they knows so little of the world outside America. The book, “A Righteous Smokescreen: Postwar America and the Politics of Cultural Globalization” by Sam Lebovic, attempts to explain the phenomenon.

  • Walks in the morning

    If I don’t start my day early in the morning walking while the sun rises, I know that it will be a less than ideal day. A few days ago, I grabbed my Nordic poles and went out walking despite it being a drizzly day. I let the rain fall as I walked/poled around the…

  • Being Chinese in an anti-China world

    I speak and think in English. But I’m genetically Chinese and that is problematic in an anti-China Western world. 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

  • Weekend Tales #2

    Dealing with digital burnout and a bumper issue with 12 recommended reads! 📧 To read, subscribe to the blog.

  • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One – quick thoughts

    The movie is a reminder that people are now desperate for something different and fun again. They don’t want to be preached to about diversity, inclusion or other agendas. They want to see a bunch of people doing crazy, impossible things, and Mission Impossible 7 delivers.

  • Why I Left Apple’s Ecosystem

    I acknowledge that Apple products are sleeker, high in quality and they “just work”. But I still left the Apple Ecosystem anyway and have absolutely no regrets.